Improved clothes-pis



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Letters Patent IVO. 63,759, dated April 9, 1867.

IMPRQl/"ED CLOTHES-PIN.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONORN:

Be it known that I, DAVID Id. SMITH, of Springfield, Windsor county, Vermont, have invented a new and improved Clothcs-Pin; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will ena-ble others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved pin for securing clothes on clothes-lines, and is an improveA ment on a clothes-pin for which Letters Patent were `granted to me bearing date October' 23, 1863.

The object of the present invention is to dispense with the wire joint hitherto used for connecting the two jaws ofthe pin together, and to thisend substitute a wooden joint, which is less expensive to apply, reducing very materially the cost of the manufacture of the pins. In the accompanying,r sheet of drawings l Figure 1 is a side view of a clothes-pin havingz,r my improved apparatus applied to it; and

Figure 2, a transverse section of the saine, taken in the line a; z. iig.' l.

Similar letters 0i' reference indicate corresponding parts.

.A A represent `the two jaws ofv the clothes-pin, constructed of wood, and of the. same form as hitherto. At the inner side of each jaw A there is bored, drilled, or otherwise made, a circular hole, a; said holes extending,- entirely through the jaws transversely, and a narrow slit, b, is made in the inner side of each jaw, so as to communicate' with the circular openings. B is a wooden key or link, composed of the cylindrical ends c c, connected by a; narrow, fiat central piece, fZ, the cylindrical ends e c and the flat central piece b being all in one piece. These keys or links should be Cut out of the wood in such a manner that the grain will have a transverse direction relatively with the cylindrical ends c. In fig. 2 the direction of the grain is indicated by the arrow. A f

The wooden key or link is inserted in the jaws A A, the cylindrical ends c c fitting in the noxes a a, but not so tightorsnug as to prevent the free movement of the jaws, which have a spiral spring, C, placed between them as hitherto, to cause the jaws`to grasp tightly the clothes on the line, and secure them firmly thereto. The key or link is prevented from slipping out from the jaws by wooden pins, e e, which pass into the jaws, and lit in holes or saw-keys in the cylindrical ends a c of the link or key. This wooden kcyl or link for-ins an excellent joint, allowing both to move freely, and not allowing the latter to work otr move laterally, an objection attending the wire joint used in the original pin. Besides this advantage, the invention possesses that of econ omy in construction or manufacture.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentj The wooden key B for connecting the two jaws A A, consistin/'g of the central piece d, having slotted cylindrical ends c c, held in place by means' of the pins e e, as herein shown and described.

DAVID M. SMITH.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. Renners. 

